Ryan Shotts of Louisville
High School was chosen as STAR Student for 2011. Ryan is the son of Charles and
Rhonda Shotts. He is a member of First Baptist Church and is very active in the
Youth Department. Ryan is a member of Beta Club, 400 Club, FCA, FFA and Spanish
Club. He has served on Student Council and is Senior Class Vice President. He is
a member of the Cross Country Team, and lettered in Baseball 4 years.

Ryan received the Citizenship and
World History Awards in the 10th grade. He received the US History and Math
Awards in the 11th grade. Ryan is Valedictorian for the Class of 2011 and is
receiving the AP History Award and the Forestry Award.

Ryan chose Mrs. Kay Stringfellow
as his Star Teacher.

Mrs. Stringfellow has been
teaching for 33 years. She taught English at Neshoba Central and music at Nanih
Waiya before coming to Louisville, where she has taught Spanish for the past 31
years.

Mrs. Stringfellow earned her
Bachelor of Arts from Belhaven University and her Master of Arts in Spanish from
Mississippi State University. She was honored in 1999 as Louisville High School
Teacher of the Year and also as District Teacher of the Year. She has been
recognized several years in Who's Who of American Teachers.

Along with teaching, Kay enjoys
playing the piano, reading, journaling, baking and visiting with her children.
She is the mother of Jonathan Stringfellow of Weatherford, Texas, and Brittany
Stringfellow Lishia of Fort Worth, Texas. She has one grand-daughter, BreAna
Mykell Stringfellow, who is 7 years old and finishing 1st grade in Weatherford.

Mrs. Stringfellow's favorite quote
is from an unknown author who wrote "What Matters". "One hundred years from now,
it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how
much I had in my bank account, nor what my clothes looked like. But the world
may be a little better because I was important in the life of a child."

STAR Students are seniors with the highest ACT
scores (minimum 25) and scholastic averages (minimum 93) in their high
schools. They are chosen from more than 300 public, private, and parochial
schools.

Recognition as a STAR Teacher is a unique honor
because there are no tests, rankings. or other measurements. The honor is
bestowed by the STAR Student.

Each STAR Student selects one
outstanding teacher whose influence has helped that graduating senior achieve
academic excellence. The STAR Teacher designation is recognition of the
distinctive role that teachers play in the lives of students.

The STAR Teacher Hall of Fame is
reserved for teachers who have been chosen STAR Teacher at least 10 times.

The STAR program is 44 years old.
The Hall of Fame was established in 1985 through contributions by First
Mississippi Corporation, which through its successor - ChemFirst Inc.-
has sponsored the awards annually since that time.

This year, three classroom
teachers have qualified for Hall of Fame induction, bringing to 63 the number of
outstanding teachers who have reached this teaching milestone.

The 2010 Hall of Fame inductees
will receive a special award made possible through the generosity of the
ChemFirst/First Mississippi Corporation Charitable Endowment Fund.